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Kent Rural Careers is an initiative to help young people explore and follow careers in the rural sector.
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Kent Rural Careers is an initiative to help young people explore and follow careers in the rural sector.
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The often-maligned subject, media studies, has survived a cull of A-level subjects as England’s qualifications watchdog moves to toughen examinations. Ofqual said it based its decisions on whether the subjects “were of an appropriate level of academic demand”. When he was a Labour education minister, David Blunkett, publicly regretted that too many youngsters were taking “narrow” […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentIt’s great that all the major political parties are talking about apprenticeships – about putting an end to the snobbery regarding them, about making sure that young people know that they are a serious alternative to setting out on your career path through university and about making sure that apprenticeships are both widely available and […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentA summary of highlights of the Conservative party’s pledges about education, apprenticeships and careers advice should it win the general election on 7 May. Having boosted the number of apprenticeships to 2.2 million over the last five years, one of the highlights was the pledge to support three million new apprenticeships, and treble the number […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentA summary of highlights of the Labour party’s pledges about education, apprenticeships and careers advice should it win the general election on 7 May. One of the key pledges for the Labour party involves introducing “an independent system for careers advice” which offers young people personalised face-to-face guidance into university and apprenticeships Labour have pledges […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentA summary of highlights of the Labour party’s pledges about education, apprenticeships and careers advice should it win the general election on 7 May. The liberal Democrats pledge to double the number of businesses hiring apprenticeships and introduce two million new apprenticeships. They also pledge to extend the sectors for apprenticeships to include the creative […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentA summary of highlights of the UK Independence party’s pledges about education, apprenticeships and careers advice should it win the general election on 7 May. UKIP have pledged to allow young people to start an apprenticeship in place of four non-core subjects at GSCE level and to abolish the AS level exam as a part of […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentA summary of highlights of the Green party’s pledges about education, apprenticeships and careers advice should it win the general election on 7 May. The Green party pledges to provide more training and work experience for young people by expanding apprenticeships, providing apprenticeships to qualified young people aged 16-25 and increase the funding for them […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTeenagers will be guaranteed face-to-face individual careers advice if Labour forms the next government. The party’s education manifesto also includes a pledge “to protect the entire education budget in real terms”, “A world-class education is a not a luxury, but a necessity,” said Labour leader Ed Miliband. Labour says its plan would focus on vocational as well as […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentKent Rural Careers, an initiative run by Rural Plc (Kent), attended the successful two day careers event ‘KentChoices4U’ on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th March. Kent Rural Careers, Rural Plc (Kent), Kent County Agricultural Society, Chavereys and BTF Partnership shared a large area within the new Land Based zone. Day one centred around education and […]
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